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Apr 16, 2017
One Fast Food Chain Is Adding Automated Kiosks to 1,000 of Its Restaurants in 2017
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: food
The burger chainâs in-house designed kiosks could be taking your order in lieu of a human employee by the end of the year.
Apr 16, 2017
First Artificial Wombs: Researchers now grow human embryos in a laboratory to study pregnancy
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: biotech/medical
We all know how to get pregnant or at least should know, but despite so many tips out there boosting the chances of conceiving, the actual first 2 weeks of pregnancy remain an undetectable mystery to science.
A pregnancy test is usually done via markers detecting hormones in specific substances like urine and blood. At the very beginning, though, these hormone levels are just too low to register a positive test. Without actually looking into the womb, nobody can watch fertilized eggs grow. Yes, we understand the process going on, as the embryo (which is basically a mass of cells called blastocyst) starts dropping its outer layer to implant within the uterine lining.
However, only a couple of weeks ago researchers from Rockefeller University were the first to witness and even raise human embryos in a laboratory for the maximum ethically allowable time of 13 days.
Apr 16, 2017
Bezos Says Artificial Intelligence to Fuel Amazonâs Success
Posted by Alireza Mokri in category: robotics/AI
Amazon.com Inc. is embracing artificial intelligence to deliver goods more quickly, enhance its voice-activated Alexa assistant and create new tools sold to others through its cloud-computing division, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said in his annual shareholder letter.
Apr 16, 2017
How To Accelerate Value Creation Through Artificial Intelligence
Posted by Alireza Mokri in category: robotics/AI
Disruptive technologies such as AI change the basis of competition in an industry. How can your company make sure itâs not behind the curve in creating new value?
Apr 16, 2017
Formula 2 â Leclerc on pole with Fuoco right behind!
Posted by Alireza Mokri in category: futurism
The first ever all-FDA front row at the end of the inaugural qualifying session for FIA Formula 2
Al Sakhir â The first outing in this category for Charles Leclerc and Antonio Fuoco went really well. The Monegasque Ferrari Driver Academy student took pole position in todayâs qualifying session for FIA Formula 2 in Bahrain. Leclerc stamped his authority so far over this weekend, on his debut in the series with a lap in 1.38.907. Alongside Leclerc for tomorrowâs race at the Al Sakhir circuit will be his team-mate Fuoco, who was second in 1.39.585. Antonio is also making his debut in Formula 2, and this result is thanks to great teamwork from the Prema squad and the Driver Academy.
Apr 16, 2017
The Transhumanist Future Has No Pope
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: biotech/medical, ethics, transhumanism
Happy EasterâŠand a reality check: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/where-were-going-we-dont-need-popes #transhumanism #reason
Modern values, transhumanist technology, and the embrace of reason are making many Catholic rules and rituals absurd.
Everywhere I look, Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, seems to be in the newsâand he is being positively portrayed as a genuinely progressive leader. Frankly, this baffles me. Few major religions have as backwards a philosophical and moral platform as Catholicism. Therefore, no leader of it could actually be genuinely progressive. Yet, no one seems to pay attention to thisâno one seems to be discussing that Catholicism remains highly oppressive.
Apr 16, 2017
The Military Just Demoed an F-16 That Flies and Executes Strikes
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: military
Apr 16, 2017
Celebrating âThe Usefulness of Useless Knowledgeâ | Institute for Advanced Study
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: innovation, science
âOn March 13, the Institute celebrated the publication of The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge (Princeton University Press), which features IAS Founding Director Abraham Flexnerâs classic essay of the same title, first published in Harperâs magazine in 1939.â